The Teacher who Defied Hitler
A school in Germany for Jewish children is a safe haven from the Nazi regime, headed by a teacher named Leonore Goldschmidt.
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A school in Germany for Jewish children is a safe haven from the Nazi regime, headed by a teacher named Leonore Goldschmidt.
The Obersalzberg was an ordinary Bavarian mountain until Adolf Hitler discovered it in 1923. There at the Berghof, the Nazi leader spent his time surrounded by his most faithful lieutenants and his mistress, Eva Braun.
Hitler and Mussolini were able to assist each other in achieving their respective designs. But when the conflict came to a head, the realities of war soon tore the mask off of their united front. Two nations with totally
For more than a century Germany has had a tradition of Youth Organizations. By far the most successful and controversial of these was the 'Hitlerjugend' or 'Hitler Youth'. This film documents the rise and fall of an orga
German women may be perceived as passive witnesses to the horrific crimes committed by the Nazi regime, but many were active participants that were as brutal and merciless as their better-known, male counterparts. Over t
An untold story of a unique demonstration of bravery. It’s a love letter to Gottfried von Cramm, one of the forgotten tennis heroes of the 20th century, whose career and fame was shunned early on due to the rising rampan
Amanda Vickery and Tom Service tell the story of the remarkable performance of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony at the Philharmonic Hall in Leningrad in 1942 in the midst of the siege of the city.
For all its talk of racial, spiritual, and physical purity, the self-anointed “Master Race” harbored a secret…theirs was an axis of drug addicts. This two-hour special explores the origin, impact, and lasting effects of
In 1942, three Jewish teenagers were executed in Bucharest. They were accused of distributing banknotes with anti-fascist slogans: «Down with Hitler! Down with Antonescu!» Ten years later, the mother of one of them write
In 1931, Germany was awarded the Olympic Games in the hope this would draw them into the international community and world peace would be promoted through sport. For two weeks in August 1936 cameras captured the world’s
Adolf Hitler spent the last ten days of his life in a bunker underneath the Chancellery of the Reich. Unwilling to face the consequences of defeat, the dictator ended his own life on April 30, 1945 in this fortified unde
Benny Lipman is a young Jewish gangster rising through 1930s NYC’s mob scene alongside notorious figures including Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Lucky Luciano. When breaking up local Nazi rallies isn't enough, Benny de
Explores the path of hitler from insignificance, to World domination, and demonstrates the delusions he had that lead to massive deaths during the War.
Documents the tale of a dim, middle-class teenager who comes to love the greatest mass murderer of all time. Includes movies Eva shot with a 16mm camera and narrated with excerpts from her diary.
July, 1944. As WWII raged on, a group of conspirators, led by Claus von Stauffenberg, plotted to assassinate Hitler and end his reign of terror. Using rare color footage, painstakingly recreated dramatizations, detailed
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
In June 1941, Hitler broke the golden rule of warfare never to fight on opposite fronts and marched into the Soviet Union. What would drive him to make the most catastrophic mistake of World War II? This acclaimed four-p